Bobby Rush actually said...

"I would like to have the opportunity to invite... to request that the EPA appear before the markup."

"Yes, and we can do it on Friday. I don't have any reason why that isn't OK, but we need to get the EPA and the Department of Agriculture at the witness table."

"I have been working on this issue of asthma for quite a while and it is a real acute concern of mine and it has been and always will be because it disproportionately impacts my community."

"I just don't see how we can avoid it."